Biographical sketch of the late Matthew Baillie, M.D / [James Wardrop].

  • James Wardrop
Date:
1824]
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Credit: Biographical sketch of the late Matthew Baillie, M.D / [James Wardrop]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It is no less instructive than it is pleasing, to contemplate the life and character of men who have performed the duties of their profession with honour and ability. Their example has a power¬ ful influence on the human mind ; and Biography becomes of great importance to mankind, when it can hold up for imitation the example of those who have been distinguished as much for their moral worth as their intellectual endowments. Indeed, in no department of civilized hfe can the moral character be so justly appreciated, as in the medical profession. In the exercise of his duties, so much depends on the honour and integrity of the physician, that, when possessed of those high endowments, he is deservedly entitled to public gratitude and respect; while his character cannot be too highly estimated by his professional bre¬ thren. Dr. Matthew Baillie was a native of Scotland: he was born in the year 1757? in the manse of Shots, in the county of Lanark, where his father was the clergyman; a spot well known to the writer of these pages; and though remarkable only for the barrenness of its soil, and the unge- nial nature of its climate, it is now rendered
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